12/04/16 10:34pm
I received a lot of well-meaning advice and aphorism in my early college years: “early to bed ...” and “beer before liquor ...” among other things.
11/20/16 10:16pm
If you have been paying neurotic attention to blockbuster releases recently, you may have noticed that there have been seven major superhero movies so far this year, many of them major box office successes.
11/06/16 9:25pm
I remember playing poker with a friend who had a particularly heavy emotional investment in the game.
10/23/16 10:10pm
As we all know, the presidential debates mark the tail end of the two-year-long campaign for president of the United States. With the cicada-esque lifespan of the campaign coming to an end, television networks across the country reap record ratings by broadcasting these debates. Some of you may still remember the debate from this past week, which drew 71 million viewers, and which represents the conclusion of the most-watched series of presidential debates in history.
But does “most-watched” mean “best?” Based on the leading nature of that question, I think many of you would disagree.
10/09/16 11:10pm
Two weeks ago I promised a disparaging NSO column. I’m lucky world events lined up so well. Like most of you, I was shocked to read about the drama in the wake of Canada’s carbon summit last week: In response to a proposed universal $10 CAD tax per ton in 2018, Nova Scotia’s minister left the building.
09/25/16 11:35pm
When I was in high school, eating disorders were coming into their own as a public health menace.
09/24/16 1:29pm
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
09/11/16 11:55pm
I was arguably a better writer after four years of high school than I am now, after four years of some of the most expensive postsecondary education that money can buy.
09/09/16 1:38pm
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
